You are on a boat with a 12 foot ladder that hangs off the back. Each step on the ladder is 1 ft apart. If the water is rising at a rate of 2 ft per hour, how long before the water reaches the top of the ladder? HURRY

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion